The United Nations reminded that economic growth recorded in Papua New Guinea over the last decades from extractive industries is insufficient for human development if it does not translate into benefits for all citizens.

Tulele Peisa, a community-based organization working on resettling Cartaret Islanders threatened by rising sea levels, received Equator Prize award from the UN head in PNG. The event took place in Arawa and is a follow up to a global award ceremony that took place in New York last year.

The United Nations through the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Papua New Guinea will support the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) in carrying out the upcoming elections through “Support of the 2015 Bougainville General Elections” initiative.

“As men we must begin to acknowledge and own our responsibility to be part of the solution to ending violence against women” - that was the main message of the “Men ending sexism and male domination” parallel event attended by PNG delegation at the 59th Commission on the Status of Women in United Nations Headquarters.

A delegation from the PNG Public Service has been invited to UN Headquarters in New York to visit 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women and present innovative approaches to addressing gender-based violence during the dedicated side event.

Trainers from the world-famous Silicon Valley will visit Papua New Guinea to train 40 shortlisted applicants of the Kumul Game Changers business plan competition. They are expected in June to host a three-day entrepreneurship bootcamp, the first of its kind in Papua New Guinea.

The Government of Papua New Guinea and the United Nations Development Programme will launch a campaign aimed at raising public awareness on the importance of mangrove conservation and climate change adaptation.